Derry Eads, high school sports writer
Ventura County Star
(805) 437-0278
deads(at)venturacountystar.com
www.venturacountystar.com
Derry Eads oversees sports coverage at approximately 36 local high schools, focusing on track and field, cross-country, basketball, baseball, and football. He also writes trend pieces and feature stories. His local preps column appears in the paper every Thursday. Eads prefers to receive pitches via e-mail. He does not need pictures since the paper’s photographers take their own. It is best to contact him before 3 p.m.
The Ventura County Star is a six-edition newspaper serving the communities of Simi Valley, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Oxnard and Ventura in California. Its daily circulation is approximately 86,000.